Anyone into gut health?

PinkKombucha

I have been a binge eater for a while and I’ve finally been able to Kick the habit by starting to heal my gut, it’s only been a week and I feel better than I’ve felt in years! As an added bonus I’ve lost 10 pounds! Is anyone else into gut health? I’d love to meet like minded people! (:

L1zardQueen

Through drinking kombucha? Do you eat yogurt or fermented vegetables too?

vegmebuff

What have you changed?

PinkKombucha

vegmebuff wrote: »

What have you changed?

I’ve completely changed my diet! I follow dr. Gundry’s food list. I used to eat a lot of junk food I’m surprised by how much has changed for me within a week!

PinkKombucha

Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »

Through drinking kombucha? Do you eat yogurt or fermented vegetables too?

Sometimes I drink kombucha, but I eat a lot of tempeh and sauerkraut. I have completely changed my way of eating. Also taking a pre biotic and a pro biotic.

L1zardQueen

How do you know that your gut micro biomes have changed?

PinkKombucha

Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »

How do you know that your gut micro biomes have changed?

I don’t! But my skin has cleared up, my cravings have decreased and I feel better. I can only assume that changes are occurring. Still have a long way to go of course. Do you know much about gut health?

L1zardQueen

Not really, I’m not a gastroenterologist but I’ve had a few appointments with them. Up close and personal, so to speak. Lol

igottagetthisrite

I don't really know a lot about it but I've been told that having a healthy gut is key to digestion. So eating foods with probiotics is really important for the gut.

igottagetthisrite

By the way I love kombucha my mom makes it from scratch.. So good

PinkKombucha

igottagetthisrite wrote: »

By the way I love kombucha my mom makes it from scratch.. So good

It’s so good!! I want to get a scoby and start making my own.

vegmebuff

Glad you have found some relief and that you are binge free at this time. I'm sure you are in the the 'initial' stages of any healthy diet endeavor but anything that works...hope it continues for you:) p.s. I've read that studies show improved gut bacteria after three days of changing ones diet

PinkKombucha

vegmebuff wrote: »

Glad you have found some relief and that you are binge free at this time. I'm sure you are in the the 'initial' stages of any healthy diet endeavor but anything that works...hope it continues for you:) p.s. I've read that studies show improved gut bacteria after three days of changing ones diet

Thank you so much! I was just so fed up with not being able to start any diet, I haven’t had a binge free day in a long time, so I’m really grateful and ecstatic.

L1zardQueen

I make my own yogurt, sauerkraut, kombucha and beer.

PinkKombucha

Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »

I make my own yogurt, sauerkraut, kombucha and beer.

That’s incredible! I will attempt the sauerkraut and the kombucha!

L1zardQueen

Super easy! Except for the beer, not so easy, but worth it.

HowUdish

I've recently been working on improving my gut health, some changes I made were eliminating dairy and wheat. I even went one step further and have been eating gluten free. I've felt a lot better since making these changes and believe they've helped me a lot not only in feeling better but I look better and less bloated.

kommodevaran

I have a gut feeling there's a lot of woo to it. Reducing stress and anxiety, and thereby emotional eating, and getting in some kind of meal schedule, can do wonders for your weight, and getting in some kind of meal schedule, and losing excess weight, can do wonders with your stress and anxiety. Feeling that what you're doing, is right and important, is a powerful drive to keep doing it.

JeromeBarry1

"Into"? Maybe. I ferment and use kefir, kombucha, and kimchi. I make my own greek yogurt. When I began trying to lose weight two years ago I was supplementing with a daily probiotic gummy.

What difference has it made? I'm not sure. I'm 55, sleep well, work well, look ok. Maybe that's the point of good health.

mortuseon_

kommodevaran wrote: »

I have a gut feeling there's a lot of woo to it. Reducing stress and anxiety, and thereby emotional eating, and getting in some kind of meal schedule, can do wonders for your weight, and getting in some kind of meal schedule, and losing excess weight, can do wonders with your stress and anxiety. Feeling that what you're doing, is right and important, is a powerful drive to keep doing it.

I’ve done some microbiome research and am inclined to agree. Although there is compelling evidence that the microbiome does interact a lot with host health, the evidence for probiotics working in a sustained way is much less clear, plus the developmental time point seems like it could be important as well. I think there might be some truth in the claims that certain microbial functions are beneficial, but it’ll be much less simple than people think. One thing that seems beneficial for many people is to eat more fibre - but then, that was a recommendation before all the microbiota hype...